Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | 3:04 p.m.
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- Gibbons counts on tax increase, but won’t sign on to it (3-11-2009)
- Senate passes hotel room tax hike (3-10-2009)
- State Senate delays vote on room taxes (3-9-2009)
- Nevada Assembly OKs bill to raise room tax (2-24-2009)
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CARSON CITY – The initiative petition to increase the hotel-motel room tax by 3 percent in Clark and Washoe counties has officially become law without the signature of Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Gibbons refused to sign the bill passed by both houses of the Legislature despite the fact he had included the money collected from the tax as part of his budget. He has opposed new taxes.
The money will go to support state government the first two years and then go to public education. The union of school teachers led a drive to collect signatures on the petition. If the Legislature had not approved the plan, it would have gone on the ballot in the 2010 election.
The governor sent the unsigned petition across the hall to be filed with Secretary of State Ross Miller, who handles all the approved legislation.
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